mynovelweb Chapter 207 The pain must be felt personally
Chapter 207 The pain must be felt personally
Gu Mingyue was very satisfied when she learned about their ending, and she wrote a thank you letter to the Railway Bureau.
In order to prevent the old lady and the middle-aged man from making trouble again, she reported the incident to the newspaper, thereby completely nailing the two of them to the pillar of shame.
Not only that, this incident inspired Gu Mingyue to write another story and she immediately submitted it for publication.
The protagonist Man Yue heard that someone rescued two refugees who fell into the river. She excitedly thought they were her relatives, and searched hard. Finally, she came to a village. Unfortunately, after confirmation, she found that they were not her relatives.
Unexpectedly, Man Yue met a fellow villager here. After asking him carefully, he found out that he was one of the rescued refugees.
She anxiously asked the other party if he knew the whereabouts of her parents, but was only told that he was not sure.
Although they fell into the flood and were washed away together, the fellow villager lost consciousness soon after in the water and was indeed unclear.
Man Yue was very disappointed, but soon she rekindled her hope.
She thought that since her fellow villagers could be rescued, her parents might also be saved.
The fellow villager was moved by her filial piety and insisted that she stay for two more days. He told her to eat well and dress warmly before setting off again. He also reminded her that only by taking good care of her health could she persist in going on and have a greater hope of finding her relatives.
Man Yue also learned at this time that the other party had already married and had children here and was living a good life.
During this time, she noticed a crazy man in the village who often dug up dirt to eat. She felt sorry for him, but the villagers told her to stay away from him and said he was not worthy of sympathy.
Seeing Man Yue was curious, the fellow villager told her the story about this man.
The man's name is Fugui, and he was originally a wealthy businessman in the town. He has a beautiful wife and children, and he is so beautiful.
His elder brother was called Jixiang, who was very different from him. He was a farmer who could barely make ends meet. He was over 30 when he had a son. Although life was hard, the family was content and happy.
Fugui looked down on his incompetent brother and rarely contacted him, and the relationship between the two brothers was not harmonious.
Unexpectedly, one day the younger brother changed his behavior and invited his older brother and his family to visit.
Although Jixiang was doubtful, he readily agreed because of the brotherhood.
During the meal, besides his family members, there was also a strange Taoist priest at the table. The other party stared at his son with ill intentions. Jixiang felt a little uneasy, so he ate a few bites and then asked to leave.
Unexpectedly, on the way back, his son was kidnapped in broad daylight.
He searched for many days before he found his son's body in a reed marsh. Strangely, his son's body was shrunken, like a mummy.
Many people thought it was weird and secretly talked about how their family had gotten into trouble with some evil spirits.
Jixiang's wife couldn't bear the blow and jumped into the river to commit suicide. Jixiang was heartbroken, but he knew he couldn't die, he wanted to avenge his son.
Perhaps it was his father’s intuition, the first person he thought of was the Taoist priest he met when he went to his brother’s house for dinner.
He tried every possible means to find out who this person was, and with the mentality of dying together, he finally caught the Taoist priest, tied him to the cliff, and forced him to tell the truth.
There was a bottomless abyss under his feet. The Taoist priest dared not hide anything anymore and confessed what had happened honestly.
It turns out that he is a fake Taoist priest who is trying to cheat people out of money. He accidentally learned that the son of a wealthy family was seriously ill, so he took the initiative to visit them.
He used a bit of deception to make Fugui believe that his son was infected with evil spirits. In order to exorcise the evil spirits, in addition to offering money to the Taoist god to obtain his blessing, he also needed a bowl of blood from a direct relative, and it was best if it was the blood of a boy.
The fake Taoist priest just wanted to pretend and didn't intend to harm anyone's life.
But Fugui was afraid that Jixiang's son would let the cat out of the bag, and thinking that his son was so precious, he had to save more blood for backup, so he decided to go all out...
As a result, Jixiang's son was bled to death.
Seeing that someone had died, the fake Taoist priest was afraid that his crime would be exposed, so he quickly found an excuse to escape.
When Jixiang found out, he was filled with hatred. He threw the Taoist priest off the cliff, then pretended to be unaware of the incident and went to his brother's house to borrow some money to perform a ritual for his family.
He deliberately stayed overnight on the pretext that he would go up the mountain the next day. Fugui, feeling guilty, did not object.
That night, Jixiang knocked Fugui and his wife unconscious and tied them up.
When the two opened their eyes, they saw that their son had long cuts on his limbs and was hanging on the tree above their heads.
At this moment, his son's blood was dripping onto their heads...
Fugui was furious, but his mouth and nose were blocked, so he couldn't make any sound and could only whimper.
Jixiang suddenly appeared, took the cloth from Fugui's mouth, and asked sternly, "This is how my son bled to death."
Fugui denied it at first, until Jixiang took out the Taoist's blood-stained clothes, and then he realized he could no longer hide it.
So he cried bitterly and begged for forgiveness, saying that he was bewitched and that he had been deceived by the Taoist priest.
Jixiang was heartbroken and disheartened.
It was not only because of the departure of his relatives, but more because he was killed by his own brother. How could he face his wife and children with all his face?
He said angrily, "You want to atone for your sins? Then experience it yourself. Otherwise, how can a heartless person like you feel my pain? Let's repay each other."
Fugui and his wife watched their son slowly die...
Jixiang's whereabouts disappeared after that. Some said he became a monk, while others said he jumped into the river to reunite with his wife and children.
His wealthy wife was frightened to death and he himself went mad.
Gu Mingyue edited the farce encountered on the train into the end of the story, and summarized the two things in a unified way: "First, I would like to remind everyone that feudal superstition kills people, and never believe in any crooked ways. Secondly, as for Fugui's ending, I just want to say 'it's what he deserves'. You don't feel the pain unless the stone falls on you. If you make a mistake, you want to atone for it, no problem. Then be sincere. Put on the victim's shoes, walk their path, and experience the pain they have experienced. Only the same pain can be called atonement, not verbal apologies or false compensation. In that way, it is useless except to make yourself feel better, let alone true repentance. Finally, the matter on the train has been satisfactorily resolved, and I would like to thank the train conductor and the police comrades here. The reason I wrote it down is mainly to say to those who often watch and have an unsteady position: Don't advise others to be good without experiencing their suffering!"
After the article was published, the old lady and the middle-aged man became famous again.
I was pointed at wherever I went and at one point I was afraid to go out, which made my situation even more difficult.
This story also caused the public to think. Many people who had been unreasonably accused by passers-by felt the same way and wrote to thank Gu Mingyue for speaking up for them.
The Railway Bureau awarded the title of advanced workers to the train attendants and police officers responsible for this incident.
This allowed Gu Mingyue to get in touch with the other party, and through this relationship, the handicraft workshop's transportation planning had another solid option.